The poem veers towards self-pity in its depiction of a life hanging by threads, which survives only to mature into joylessness.
Nights Out is slightly let down by Joseph Mount's voice - as with so many indie singers before him, he uses a flat drawl meant to signify glamorous ennui, but is merely unengaging - and the occasional tendency towards self-pity is tedious, but otherwise this is a solid effort.
Belinda was clearly shocked but initially very calm, even showing pity towards me.
As much as our fundraising is vital, it is improper to incite readers to feel pity towards fellow human beings.
Lots of guys who did their reserve duty with me don't have much pity towards [the Palestinians]." He added: "There were a lot of people there who really hate Arabs.
Tellingly, however, Orca is more consistent with modern attitudes: at its climax, the pursuer – the derring-do Richard Harris – experiences an epiphany of pity towards the intelligent creature he now finds he cannot kill.
The Turkish state feels pity towards Syrians and this is why we feed them and let them stay in Turkey'.
A couple of years ago, they would have feared nobody - the reaction to being drawn against City, Arsenal or any other club in Europe would have been one of somewhat patronising pity towards the inevitably soon-to-be-conquered opposition.
"Islamic State is pursuing a policy of indiscriminate criminal violence that shows no pity towards journalists and does not hesitate to kidnap, torture and murder them," said its programme director, Lucie Morillon.
Feeling pity towards Homer, Marge invites him along.
